pyefflorer

GHSA-3m8q-gq56-43fm

Malicious code in pyefflorer (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: checkmarx (9db59fb1fff1df375feb9a17164f004b62a2d5fa194dcc285341536b6bfb51aa)
Malicious packages campaign targeting developers, payload is hidden using Steganography, exfiltrate host information

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyefflorer/MAL-2023-8570.json))

**References:**
- https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyefflorer/MAL-2023-8570.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers-3712f0f107e0
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYEFFLORER-6069635
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3m8q-gq56-43fm

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.